Subject: [TR] Triumphs doing strange things

From: John Macartney <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2023 10:43:44 +0100

In my home town of Evesham in the U.K., the early part of August sees a weekend dedicated to a re-enactment of the Battle of Evesham in 1265. By all accounts it was a very bloody affair with neither side taking prisoners. This weekend sees the better part of 1,000 reenactors taking part with the inevitable mediaeval encampment, horses everywhere, tents everywhere and a pall of woodsmoke from a myriad campfires hanging over the town and under a continuous drizzle of rain of any Typically British summer day.
The reenactors and camp followers are taking things very seriously by dressing in period clothes, eating period food and some are even speaking Chaucer’s English. The whole scene is a backdrop of two handed swords, spears, pikes, longbows and what have you.
Imagine my surprise therefore when coming through the town last night to encounter a Spitfire and a Stag parked by the kerb. The bonnet was raised on the Spitfire and the bootlid open on the Stag with a large box of tools on the ground between. But it was the crews of these cars that intrigued me as they were all dressed a l’epoque de 1265 with swords, spears, clubs and longbows leaning against the two cars, while eating in their fingers from a number of opened packets of fish and chips strategically placed on two soft tops, as the Spitfire decanted it’s own smokescreen to add to that of the campfires. 
I’m guessing a tourist would want to photograph this scene but to me it was all quite normal - just a bit of period confusion perhaps but so typically British.

Jonmac
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From: DAVID MASSEY <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2023 11:46:52 +0000 (UTC)

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Did you happen to notice if they were referring to an electronic version of=
 the Bentley's on their portable devices?

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    On Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 06:33:23 AM CDT, John Macartney <johnbmaca=
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 In my home town of Evesham in the U.K., the early part of August sees a we=
ekend dedicated to a re-enactment of the Battle of Evesham in 1265. By all =
accounts it was a very bloody affair with neither side taking prisoners. Th=
is weekend sees the better part of 1,000 reenactors taking part with the in=
evitable mediaeval encampment, horses everywhere, tents everywhere and a pa=
ll of woodsmoke from a myriad campfires hanging over the town and under a c=
ontinuous drizzle of rain of any Typically British summer day.
The reenactors and camp followers are taking things very seriously by dress=
ing in period clothes, eating period food and some are even speaking Chauce=
r=E2=80=99s English. The whole scene is a backdrop of two handed swords, sp=
ears, pikes, longbows and what have you.
Imagine my surprise therefore when coming through the town last night to en=
counter a Spitfire and a Stag parked by the kerb. The bonnet was raised on =
the Spitfire and the bootlid open on the Stag with a large box of tools on =
the ground between. But it was the crews of these cars that intrigued me as=
 they were all dressed a l=E2=80=99epoque de 1265 with swords, spears, club=
s and longbows leaning against the two cars, while eating in their fingers =
from a number of opened packets of fish and chips strategically placed on t=
wo soft tops, as the Spitfire decanted it=E2=80=99s own smokescreen to add =
to that of the campfires.=20
I=E2=80=99m guessing a tourist would want to photograph this scene but to m=
e it was all quite normal - just a bit of period confusion perhaps but so t=
ypically British.

Jonmac

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                    On Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 06:33:23 AM CDT, John Maca=
rtney &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:
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                <div><div dir=3D"ltr">In my home town of Evesham in the U.K=
., the early part of August sees a weekend dedicated to a re-enactment of t=
he Battle of Evesham in 1265. By all accounts it was a very bloody affair w=
ith neither side taking prisoners. This weekend sees the better part of 1,0=
00 reenactors taking part with the inevitable mediaeval encampment, horses =
everywhere, tents everywhere and a pall of woodsmoke from a myriad campfire=
s hanging over the town and under a continuous drizzle of rain of any Typic=
ally British summer day.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">The reenactors and camp =
followers are taking things very seriously by dressing in period clothes, e=
ating period food and some are even speaking Chaucer=E2=80=99s English. The=
 whole scene is a backdrop of two handed swords, spears, pikes, longbows an=
d what have you.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Imagine my surprise therefore wh=
en coming through the town last night to encounter a Spitfire and a Stag pa=
rked by the kerb. The bonnet was raised on the Spitfire and the bootlid ope=
n on the Stag with a large box of tools on the ground between. But it was t=
he crews of these cars that intrigued me as they were all dressed a l=E2=80=
=99epoque de 1265 with swords, spears, clubs and longbows leaning against t=
he two cars, while eating in their fingers from a number of opened packets =
of fish and chips strategically placed on two soft tops, as the Spitfire de=
canted it=E2=80=99s own smokescreen to add to that of the campfires. <br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">I=E2=80=99m guessing a tourist would want to photograp=
h this scene but to me it was all quite normal - just a bit of period confu=
sion perhaps but so typically British.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div>=
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